I Got No Voice

I opened my mouth and the room got loud Every face had a line Every hand had a sound I kept mine tucked like a note in my sleeve You talked over me like you never could see Now I'm pressed to the wall with my name on my tongue I can feel it there but it won't come up All that chatter pulls at the edge of my throat And I fade in the middle of the words I chose I got no voice, no voice in this noise, this noise I try to call out but it turns to static I got no voice, no voice in this noise, this noise (hear me now) I'm still here I'm still breathing They throw their opinions like coins on the floor I step around them still wanting more My truth sits quiet with its shoes undone While every loud mouth gets to be someone I bite down hard on the things I know Till my own heart pounds like a locked-up door Now I'm pressed to the wall with my name on my tongue I can feel it there but it won't come up All that chatter pulls at the edge of my throat And I fade in the middle of the words I chose I got no voice, no voice in this noise, this noise I try to call out but it turns to static I got no voice, no voice in this noise, this noise (hear me now) I'm still here I'm still breathing Then one small crack in the wall of sound One true word and the room slowed down I don't need a flood I don't need a fight Just one clear line in the flood of white I got my voice, my voice through the noise, the noise I let it break out and it stayed alive I got my voice, my voice through the noise, the noise (sing it back) I'm still here I'm still breathing Taken from the upcoming album "Black Sea Swimmer"